Exam question 4 · Popular Tales from the Norse, Cinderella, part 31: the gol…

What was the outcome for the true bride upon the Prince's discovery?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Prince · What happens: be, discover · To what, where: outcome

This is exam question 4 of lesson 1534 «Popular Tales from the Norse, Cinderella, part 31: the golden hemlock and the burnt reindeer skin» of the books course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: the test at school.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 outcome	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 outcome	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 outcome	det
4	outcome	outcome	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	8 bride	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 bride	det
7	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 bride	amod
8	bride	bride	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 outcome	nmod
9	upon	upon	ADP	_	13 discovery	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Prince	det
11	Prince	Prince	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 discovery	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 Prince	case
13	discovery	discovery	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 bride	nmod
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 outcome	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past		the outcome				for the true bride upon the Prince's discovery	tree rules
2	discover		the Prince						nom discovery «act transitive»: poss=agent

One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

The options

Option 1 · ✓ the right answer

she was revealed when her skin burned

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 revealed	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 revealed	aux:pass
3	revealed	reveal	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	7 burned	advmod
5	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 skin	nmod:poss
6	skin	skin	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 burned	nsubj
7	burned	burn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 revealed	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reveal	past · passive		she					tree rules
2	burn	past	her skin						vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

she was thrown in the river

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 thrown	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 thrown	aux:pass
3	thrown	throw	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 river	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 river	det
6	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 thrown	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	throw	past · passive		she		the river			vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: subject=Theme in river=Destination

Option 3

she was banished to the forest marsh

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 banished	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 banished	aux:pass
3	banished	banish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	7 marsh	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 marsh	det
6	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 marsh	compound
7	marsh	marsh	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 banished	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	banish	past · passive		she		the forest marsh			vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to marsh=Destination

Option 4

she was turned into a reindeer by the witch

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 turned	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 turned	aux:pass
3	turned	turn	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	into	into	ADP	_	6 reindeer	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 reindeer	det
6	reindeer	reindeer	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 turned	obl
7	by	by	ADP	_	9 witch	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 witch	det
9	witch	witch	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 turned	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn	past · passive	the witch	she		a reindeer			vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent subject=Theme into reindeer=Trajectory

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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